إِذاif فَتحَwaged العداةُthe enemies عليكَagainst you حرباًa war
إِذا فَتحَ العداةُ عليكَ حرباً
وَخِفتَand you feared بوادِرَsudden attacks المُتَحَزِّبيناthose banded together
وَخِفتَ بوادِرَ المُتَحَزِّبينا
If your enemies wage war against you,
When your enemies wage war against you
and you fear the sudden attacks of those banded together,
And you fear the aggressors' first blows
فَقُلthen say وَاِرفَعand raise عَقيرَةَthe voice منof one who يُناديcalls out
فَقُل وَاِرفَع عَقيرَةَ من يُنادي
فلاyet does not يجِدُfind المؤازِرَthe supporter وَالمُعيناand the helper
فلا يجِدُ المؤازِرَ وَالمُعينا
then say, raising your voice like one who calls out
Say and call out to the One invoked
but finds neither supporter nor helper:
So no supporter or helper can be found
أعِرنيlend me يابنَO son of إبراهيمَIbrahim صُدغاًa temple
أعِرني يابنَ إبراهيمَ صُدغاً
أخوضُI plunge into بهwith it غمارَthe thick of الصافِعيناthose who slap
أخوضُ به غمارَ الصافِعينا
“Lend me a temple, O son of Ibrahim,
Lend me, O son of Abraham, protection
that I may plunge with it into the fray of those who slap.”
With which I enter the battle of the assailants
فإنfor if هوَhe قدhas أعارَكlent you ماwhat تُرَجّىis hoped for
فإن هوَ قد أعارَك ما تُرَجّى
رايتَهُمُyou will see them أمامَكَbefore you هارِبيناfleeing
رايتَهُمُ أمامَكَ هارِبينا
For if he has lent you what is hoped for,
For if He has lent you what you hoped for
you will see them fleeing before you,
You will see them fleeing before you
كماjust as هرَبَfled الفَتىthe young man الصَفاعُthe habitual slapper يوماone day
كما هرَبَ الفَتى الصَفاعُ يوما
أَمامَbefore الكاتبِthe writer ابنِson of الكاتِبيناthe writers
أَمامَ الكاتبِ ابنِ الكاتِبينا
as the young slapper once fled
As the noble youth once fled
before the writer, son of writers,
Before the writer, son of writers
وخَلَّفand left behind ثمَّthere ربَّthe keeper of الحانِthe tavern يجلوpresenting
وخَلَّف ثمَّ ربَّ الحانِ يجلو
علىto المَغلوبِthe vanquished كأسَthe cup of الغالِبيناthe victors
على المَغلوبِ كأسَ الغالِبينا
and left the tavern keeper there, presenting
Then the Lord of the Tavern poured
to the vanquished the victors’ cup,
For the defeated the cup of the victors
ويَغبطُand envies ذلكthat الصُدغَthe temple المُفَدّىthe dearly cherished
ويَغبطُ ذلك الصُدغَ المُفَدّى
علىfor إرغامِhumbling كفِّthe hand of الضارِبيناthose who strike
على إرغامِ كفِّ الضارِبينا
and envying that dearly cherished temple
And that ransomed protection was envied
for humbling the hands of those who strike.
For subduing the hands of the strikers
Sol 6.1